Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Essex County Corrections · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 120 days2021 · as reported
Sergeant Wali Gibson received a 120-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2021. The record states that Gibson was suspended for incompetence after failing to properly document an incident. The agency did not provide a formal list of sustained charges beyond this description.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 120 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Gibson was suspended for Incompetence. Sergeant Gibson failed to properly document an incident.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Byron Dunn · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 120 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Eddie Blount · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 90 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Divine Gordon · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 75 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Shante Curry · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 60 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Varick Jackson · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 31 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
57 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Wali Gibson, Essex County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/wali-gibson-essex-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Sergeant Wali Gibson received a 120-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2021. The record states that Gibson was suspended for incompetence after failing to properly document an incident. The agency did not provide a formal list of sustained charges beyond this description.
Wali Gibson has one major discipline record at Essex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.